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History 498A: The Room Where it Happens: U.S. Presidential Leadership in the Long 19th Century (Stretching to 1913)

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Exercise

Use one of the following databases to locate a secondary source related to your topic. Identify the subject terms, and two - three primary sources utilized in the source. 

  1. Explore the source collections to determine where you may access the cited primary sources
  2. Identify political terms related to your research subject, and locate one piece of legislation related to their session and/or committee.